Tree Stumps

[Wheels]

Has anyone got any good ideas for removing tree stumps apart from digging and pulling them up? We've moved in an old house and there are 10 large stumps to remove which if pulled out would damage walls etc.

 

[Jasonb]

Ring around your local tree fellers to find one who can grind the stumps out.

Jason

 

[breezer]

tree surgeon?

i seem to recall there was a stump killer, but the name escapes me

 

[Jasonb]

You can get chemicals but if they are large stumps it can take several years to rot away. The grinders look like big rotavators and grind the stump 250mm or so below groundlevel, you can then plant or turf over the top. Would want them dug out if laying a patio overthe top.

Jason

 

[Wheels]

Thanks Jasonb. I will find out if anyone local can grind them out. I want to put a fence over the top of them so would need them out quick. Tree stump removing chemicals would take too long.

 

[Jasonb]

if theres no-one local you can hire them from HSS, go for the big 25hp one, the small one will just bounce off.

http://www.hss.com

Jason

 

[Dewy]

Stump killer is a weedkiller that is mixed with paraffin and poured into holes drilled down into the stumps.
The stumps eventually rot.
It's the same kind of chemical that the Americans used in Vietnam which was known as 'agent orange'.
It's a carcinogen so not recommended for use like it used to be when it was used in lawn weedkillers.
2.4D & 2.4.5T were mixed for this and is still available as a stump or brushwood killer.

 

[purplehaze]

you would be prety much wasting your time with any chemical stump remover...the generally dont work..
the trunk will rot eventually but this wil be due to natural causes...fungi...but you dont have the time for that.....
get a professional to grind the stumps out....... or you can hire good stump grinders (for professionals) for about £160 per day which will eat all sizes of stumps

 

[Dewy]

Many trees dont die when they are felled.
Just look where there were loads of elm trees before the Dutch elm disease killed them 30 years ago.
New elms grow from the original roots but unfortunately they are unable to reach maturity.
The disease (fungal) kills them after 15 years and the cycle starts again.

 

[dig dug dan]

as an expert, dig the stump out. If you have it ground out, all you get is a pile of soil and woodchip that you cant get rid of, and it doesnt remove all the roots. When you go to dog a hole for a fence, you will find them, and be annoyed!!
My mini digger goes through a 750mm gap, and with a 6" bucket, soon rips them out.
You can hire them from a local plant hire for around £80 a day, and that is about what it would cost to get it ground out.
Also, you avoid getting hiney fungus later on.

 

[swelec]

Happy Hiney is a diaper rash ointment developed by Dr. Charles Eldridge. Dr. Eldridge has been using Happy Hiney Diaper Rash Ointment ...

will this also clear up hiney fungus????????????

 

[dig dug dan]

ooopss! sorry folks. I meant honey fungus. It attacks decaying wood and can kill perfectly healthy trees, plants and shrubs and will spread!!
be warned!

 

[swelec]

sorry dig dug dan

I couldn't resist it